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This chapter delves into the complex interplay between light biology, circadian rhythms, and mitochondrial function, highlighting their impact on human health. An expert guest provides insights and research findings to enhance listeners' understanding of these essential biological concepts.

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Sunlight is such an important part of our natural lives and health, so why do we spend much of our waking days hiding indoors from it?

Light biology researcher and truthteller Dr. Alexis Cowan separates real facts from the science-fiction we’ve been forced to swallow for far too long and explains why it’s so harmful for our bodies to be bathed by “junk light” and so much more this week on Spirit Gym.

Learn more about Alexis and her work on her website and via social media on X/Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram and Patreon. Listen to her Undoctrinate Yourself podcast on Spotify and YouTube. Join Alexis and like-minded folks in her Incubator Book Club.

Paul will be hosting a Q&A session with Dr. Alexis Cowan exclusively for Spirit Gym podcast members in the very near future so sign up today for your Spirit Gym podcast membership!

Two Special Offers For Spirit Gym listeners: Save 10% on Alexis’ ebook, The Lux Living Health Optimization Handbook, by heading to this link and use the promo code CHEK10 at checkout. Also save 10% on her course, Bootcamp Reboot, that will teach you how to integrate quantum biology and light biology principles into your daily life. Use the promo code CHEK10 when you check out to receive the discount. (Special offers from Spirit Gym guests are time-sensitive and at their discretion to redeem after 30 days.)

Timestamps

4:00 “I feel like my living philosophy has always been to follow my curiosity.”

8:34 Light and circadian biology weren’t on Alexis’ radar until her “awakening” at Princeton.

17:05 Stratospheric aerosol injection.

26:32 Going from the long game to myopia.

34:39 The biology of light.

42:10 Junk light.

56:37 How UVC light is produced in our cells.

1:01:00 The rediscovery of buried science.

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